<< In other words ... people took this very
seriously. >>
And so they should. but now, most
people don't. Though we have quite an illustrious
history as an activity...it's quite depressing how
quizbowl has changed in the public view. Back in the glory
days of GE CB, quizbowl was applauded as an honourable
contest between a given school's elite students. Now, it
is universally derided as a geek activity (see the
unfortunately hilarious UMCP zine's take at
<a href=http://io.spaceports.com/~cownip/maqt.html target=new>http://io.spaceports.com/~cownip/maqt.html</a> )
emmet